The Antelope Canyon

This was the last day of the camping trip. Daddy, Mommy, Rebecca and Gabby would take a tour to the Antelope Canyon.

At the breakfast they prayed for Allen and a safe trip back home. It’s amazing how this little prayer worked. On the way back home a tragedy almost happened to them, but God didn’t let it happen. A little more detail will be mentioned later.

After the breakfast Daddy and Mommy were pulling down the tents and getting everything loaded on the minivan. Rebecca and Gabby were playing in the minivan. It took about 2 hours to clean up everything. Rebecca and Gabby were doing very well entertaining themselves while Daddy and Mommy were busy.

Leaving the camp site, they went to the place where the tour to the Antelope Canyon would begin. They rode at the back of a truck and part of the road was dirty. While the Grand Canyon is wide and deep, the Antelope Canyon is the opposite. It is a small crack in the rock. It is very narrow. At some places it can only allow two people walking through side by side. It is dark in there, and the sunlight shines through the narrow crack and creates a very special light effect. Maybe it’s this strong contrast of darkness and brightness in the canyon that have attracted many tourists every year. The tour guide began to play his flute when they came to a place. The slow and soft music of flute echoed in the canyon. At that moment the canyon and the music seemed to be telling people the unpredictability of the things on the earth.

Such a beautiful place could be dangerous. At the end of the canyon, the tour guide told them that the Antelope Canyon could get flooded on rainy days. The flood comes so fast that you can't run away if you are in the canyon. A tragedy happened before in which some tourists were killed.

After the tour they ate lunch at McDonald’s. It was 1:12 pm that they set out for home. At a scenic view point they stopped to take some pictures. Mommy was trying to get hold of Gabby because the view point was very close to the freeway and it was very dangerous if she ran around. Thinking Mommy was playing a chasing game with her, Gabby started to run. She was running faster and faster. Mommy grabbed her right before she got to the freeway!

Daddy, Mommy, Rebecca and Gabby got home around 6:30 pm. They stopped at Allen’s house first to drop their tent. He was still not good.

Thank God for a safe trip back home! Many things are unpredictable, but God is in charge.